Urška Arlič Gololičič (born July 19, 1980, in

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) is a Slovenian

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hertz, Hz to A5 in Choir, choral ...

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singer.

Education

Arlič Gololičič completed her bachelor studies with distinction at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana under the tutelage of Professor , and

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under the tutelage of Professor

Vlatka Oršanić Vlatka Oršanić (born 1958) is a Croatian opera singer (soprano) and vocal pedagogue. Kutsch, Karl-Josef and Riemens, Leo (eds.) (2004)"Oršanić, Vlatka" ''Großes Sängerlexikon'', 4th edition, p. 3461. Walter de Gruyter. Life and career ...

. She is a winner of international competitions, amongst them the Ada Sari International Vocal Artistry Competition in Poland.

Career

Arlič Gololičič performed "

Dido's Lament Dido's Lament ("When I am laid in earth") is the closing aria from the opera ''Dido and Aeneas'' by Henry Purcell to a libretto by Nahum Tate. It is included in many classical music textbooks to illustrate the descending chromatic fourth () in ...

" on the soundtrack of

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's movie ''

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'', which was nominated for the

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. In 2015/16 she debuted as Gilda in ''

Rigoletto ''Rigoletto'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play '' Le roi s'amuse'' by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had c ...

'' at the

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, where she is a soloist since 2013/14 season and where she performed such parts as Violetta in '' La traviata'', Micaëla in ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the O ...

'', Mimì in ''

La bohème ''La bohème'' ( , ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '':wikt:quadro, quadri'', ''wikt:tableau, tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto b ...

'', Adele in ''

Die Fledermaus ' (, ''The Bat'', sometimes called ''The Revenge of the Bat'') is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, which premiered in 1874. Background The original literary source for ' was ...

'' and Lauretta in ''

Gianni Schicchi () is a comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, composed in 1917–18. The libretto is based on an incident mentioned in Dante's ''Divine Comedy''. The work is the third and final part of Puccin ...

''. In 2017 Arlič Gololičič debuted in the role of Marzelline in ''

Fidelio ''Fidelio'' (; ), originally titled ' (''Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love''), Opus number, Op. 72, is the sole opera by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven. The libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of ...

'' at the

. Apart from engagements at opera houses, the artist was invited to festivals such as Polish Music Festival, where on the IXth edition she sang the title part in K. Szymanowski's opera ''

Hagith Hagith, Haggith or Hagit can refer to: * Haggith - Biblical character * Hagith (opera) - the opera by Karol Szymanowski * Hagith (spirit) - the Olympian spirit in the Arbatel de magia veterum * Hagit (name) - Hebrew female first name in contempo ...

'', which was recorded and published as a CD.

Opera repertoire

* L. v. Beethoven, ''

'', Marzelline * G. Bizet, ''

'', Micaëla * A. Dvořák, ''

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'', Rusalka * , ', Minka * C. W. Gluck, ''

Orfeo ed Euridice (; French: '; English: ''Orpheus and Eurydice'') is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi. It belongs to the genre of the '' azione teatrale'', meaning an ...

'', Amore * E. Humperdinck, ''

Hänsel und Gretel "Hansel and Gretel" (; ) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' (KHM 15). Hansel and Gretel are siblings who are abandoned in a forest and fall into the hands of a witch ...

'', Gretel * , ''Deseta hči'', Deseta hči * A. Lortzing, ''

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'', Undine * W. A. Mozart, ''

Le nozze di Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' (, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna ...

'', Susanna * W. A. Mozart, ''

Die Zauberflöte ''The Magic Flute'' (, ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. It is a ''Singspiel'', a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue. The work premiered on ...

'', Pamina * J. Offenbach, ''

Orphée aux enfers ''Orpheus in the Underworld'' and ''Orpheus in Hell'' are English names for (), a comic opera with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy. It was first performed as a two-act " opéra bouffon" at the Th ...

'', Euridice * S. Osterc, ''Saloma'', Saloma * G. Puccini, ''

'', Lauretta * G. Puccini, ''

'', Mimì, Musetta * H. Purcell, ''

Dido and Aeneas ''Dido and Aeneas'' (Z. 626) is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque music, Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate. The dates of the composition and first performance of the opera are uncer ...

'', Belinda * J. Strauss, ''

'', Adele * K. Szymanowski, ''

'', Hagith * G. Verdi, '' La traviata'', Violetta * G. Verdi, ''

'', Gilda * H. Vidic, ''Izgubljeni nasmeh'', Mother

Oratorio repertoire

* G. Carissimi, '' Jephte'' * E. Elgar, '' The Apostles'' * H. Górecki, '' Symphonie No. 3'' * G. F. Händel, ''

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'' * G. Mahler, Symphonies No. 2, No. 4 and No. 8 * W. A. Mozart, ''

Requiem A Requiem (Latin: ''rest'') or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead () or Mass of the dead (), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the souls of the deceased, using a particular form of the Roman Missal. It is ...

'' * G. B. Pergolesi, ''

Stabat Mater The Stabat Mater is a 13th-century Christian hymn to the Virgin Mary that portrays her suffering as mother during the crucifixion of her son Jesus Christ. Its author may be either the Franciscan friar Jacopone da Todi or Pope Innocent III.Saba ...

'' * G. Rossini, ''

'' * A. Schnittke, ''Requiem'' * H. Wolf, ''Christnacht''

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